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fagging

verb

Meaning

  1. (used mainly in passive form) To make exhausted, tired out.
  2. To droop; to tire.
  3. For a younger student to act as a servant for senior students in many British boarding schools.
  4. To have (a younger student) act as a servant in this way.
  5. To work hard, especially on menial chores.
  6. The system in boarding schools whereby younger students acted as servants for older students.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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